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Thanks for all the tips guys. Indeed a piece of brass or copper was what I wanted initially, but when I add up all the costs to get to a finished vise, I could easily buy a new Heuer from Germany :-) I think I'm happy with how it is now, can not believe that it was pretty much destined for the...

Thanks Outlaw, I had no choice but to move them inside due to pending rain. I seem to have done no damage, so far so good. They are now drying in the basement around 16°C Should I leave them there a week or so? There are no drying instructions on the can, only repaint within 1 hour or 48hrs...

Light and colors are a bit off here, it is not that bright as in the picture :-) Picture while the paint is drying... Any clue how long the wait time is for rustoleum before I can put these together? They are sitting outside, didn't think this through, it may just start raining later today...

Very good idea, that might actually work. But I figure I can always 'add' them later if I feel the vise is missing something :-) I have indeed seen that idea you mentioned above, on the forum, perhaps it was your thread (I believe it was a grinder or something that was superbly restored)...

I definitely like the tag idea, it is my favorite one. Just wouldnt know how to make them. Perhaps i can order online? Also,small update, i started polishing the knob based on that blacj vise, i think it looks better and makes sense, i think the paint would strip off there very fast.

I did indeed want to make a plate, but not sure if i have the skillset to make anything goodlooking, i want to avoid having to buy all sorts of gear just to makepr etty plates :-) of course if you have a solution as to make nice looking plates, that would be welcome information! I think i will...

So cool, thank you very much for that. I will somehow mark it as a parker then, not sure how yet, but I must :-) Am thinking of somehow painting it with my art-fu skills on the vise in block letters, but not sure how easy that is! Any rule on writing Parker, or Chas. Parker or anything else...

Oh very interesting, I hope you also store pictures of the finished vise in this case, and not only in it's rusty naked form :-) I will see if I can find a scale to weigh it. FYI - The jaws are 9cm wide, just shy of 10cm.

Thanks so much for digging through your vises!µ They do look almost identical, I also like how the 'weld' wasn't super clean yet at that time, it adds character :-) I have the impression that mine is slightly less old thatn that one, as the part just behind that moving 'ball' which most people...

Thanks for the feedback all. I will of course post the finished blue vise, I can't wait to see it myself :D I can not remember anything being attached here, but I didn't know my gramps that long as I was a late arrival in the family, so who knows what they did with their tools. It will remain a...

Haha, yes indeed, the Misses had just parked it there, I moved it afterwards to avoid any accidents while working there In case you're looking for one, very happy with this one albeit extremely expensive:

Not finished yet, that is just anti rust primer lol :bounce:

Childhood flashbacks right now, I just noticed that without the caps, the jaws don't fully close, with the caps they close perfectly. yep, this surely is the vise I used when running around in his garage :-D I could get them to line up tightly by filing away at the weld a tiny bit, but if he...

I must say, I have received one of the TC deadblow hammers from a colleague who is from Indianapolis. Best deadblow hammer I have ever had the pleasure of owning.

is it possible those holes (2 each side of moving jaw) are to 'oil' the inside of the vise or something? I'm really wondering what they are there for..

Thanks for the info, I certainly have a general idea how I will put the bench together, I just never got to it :-) Just have to make up my mind on the size/shape of the thing and how/if to integrate the tool cart & Workmate. Thanks for the confirmation for WD40

Ah but no, it does not have it cast, and to me it seems that it had 'stickers' bolted on each side, as evidence by the two holes here on the side and the exact same two holes on the other side. There is no grinding on the side that would point that the casted 'parkers' has been worn off.

Totally different but I got this one today for punching holes in leather, works infinitely better than the old CN one I had..

Definitely not going to paint the handle, somehow that makes absolutely no sense to me :dunno: Good tip on the grease at the bottom, I will certainly do that. And thanks for the info on WD40, luckily this is available everywhere and can be used for pretty much anything :D Would it be possible...

That's a funny fact, here I'd say yellow is the most common one, from a company called 'Tesa' The blue one, which I have aswell, is less 'sticky' and is used when you have to tape off a delicate surface (for example, on a painted wall, where too strong a tape could tear off the paint from the...